Post by Woody Williams on Jan 23, 2008 11:16:33 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- Matthew 9:14-17
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Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, ‘Why do we and the
Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?’ And Jesus said
to them, ‘The wedding-guests cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom
is with them, can they? The days will come when the bridegroom is
taken away from them, and then they will fast. No one sews a piece of
unshrunk cloth on an old cloak, for the patch pulls away from the
cloak, and a worse tear is made. Neither is new wine put into old
wineskins; otherwise, the skins burst, and the wine is spilled, and
the skins are destroyed; but new wine is put into fresh wineskins,
and so both are preserved.’
Devotional
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Jesus appearance on earth as the son of God was the appearance of
grace and the fulfillment of a long promise. In Jesus a new thing
happened. To comprehend this new thing and participate in it, a
person needs to be ready to leave some old things behind and embrace
a new understanding of God's love and grace. Jesus broke out beyond
some of the old notions about God and introduced a more radical
expression of grace. The new wine needs new wineskins to contain it.
Prayer
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Give me courage to embrace your grace more fully, O God. Amen
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Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, ‘Why do we and the
Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?’ And Jesus said
to them, ‘The wedding-guests cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom
is with them, can they? The days will come when the bridegroom is
taken away from them, and then they will fast. No one sews a piece of
unshrunk cloth on an old cloak, for the patch pulls away from the
cloak, and a worse tear is made. Neither is new wine put into old
wineskins; otherwise, the skins burst, and the wine is spilled, and
the skins are destroyed; but new wine is put into fresh wineskins,
and so both are preserved.’
Devotional
----------
Jesus appearance on earth as the son of God was the appearance of
grace and the fulfillment of a long promise. In Jesus a new thing
happened. To comprehend this new thing and participate in it, a
person needs to be ready to leave some old things behind and embrace
a new understanding of God's love and grace. Jesus broke out beyond
some of the old notions about God and introduced a more radical
expression of grace. The new wine needs new wineskins to contain it.
Prayer
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Give me courage to embrace your grace more fully, O God. Amen
